Laon and Cythna (1817) Paperback / softback
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Edited by Anahid Nersessian
Part of the Broadview Editions series
Paperback / softback
Description
Laon and Cythna is one of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s most celebrated, and most controversial, literary works.
At once philosophical treatise and love story, it follows the adventures of a pair of siblings who lead a political uprising based on socialist, feminist, and ecological ideals, only to be executed for treason.
In its own time Shelley’s poem was condemned by some for promoting sedition, atheism, promiscuity, and incest, while others praised its beauty and radical vision.
Although it inspired a generation of writers and activists, today Laon and Cythna is hardly read except by scholars.
This edition seeks to correct that oversight and to introduce new audiences to this important and powerful text. Historical appendices provide context for Shelley’s political and philosophical ideas, contemporary feminism, and the treatment of Asia and the Middle East in Romantic literature.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, 3 illustrations
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/04/2016
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- ISBN:9781554811946
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, 3 illustrations
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/04/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781554811946
